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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
I haven't drank in 3 years. I miss it at times. Getting over the first year is the hardest.
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For me it was the first week when my entire body was trembling and enduring excruciating pain from withdrawals. It felt like every inch of me was being squeezed by a vice grip and thinking about a beer or a shot made my mouth water. Then, after the DT's were over for me one of the other patients died going through it. It was at that point, seeing his body being taken away on the gurney that I realized how serious this was for me.
I make it a point to tell people I am an alcoholic. I know there is that "tradition" about anonymity, but there is also a benefit to knowing that there are people like me that were really, really, REALLY fucked up that were able to get sober and stay sober.
